About meI am an Art historian and philosopher who reads whenever he has nothing else to do. I adore practically anything (well, many things), except reading books on cooking, sport or trivia like popstars and TV celebrities . Eclecticism is my style, in life, in thought, in taste: no single person or institution can pretend to the ultimate knowledge or wisdom, but all together we can approach the mystery of life, of beauty, of truth...

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About my libraryMy personal library contains nearly 11,000 books. My LT catalog will represent this library, i.e. the books I really own, but not books on my wishlist or books read but not owned, nor other documents (DVD, recordings, etc.) A long time (many, many years!) will have passed before everything will be cataloged, especially because most of my books cannot be found on Amazon.com, LC or other sources. Nearly every item must be entered manually.And I regret also not being able to spend as much time on LT as I would like. I start with titles, authors and tags. More information about editions, covers, &c., will be added later for most books, as will be a key to my rather expansive tagging system. Finding tags,sharing one's books with others are terrific things. Cataloging permits to find secret passages between books.My idea is to stop enlarging my library at 11,111 books - maybe this is number fetishism, but you have to put your limits somewhere; why not there? Once I have 11,111 books, some books will have to leave when others arrive...

My "Currently reading" collection only includes books I read for "fun" or for my personal instruction or edification. It is therefore only a (small) part of what I am actually occupied with, because my (numerous) readings for strictly professional reasons are not represented here, as most of those texts (books, articles and manuscripts, as well as student papers) are not (yet) integrated in my LT catalogue - and many may never be....